Volleyball

Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award

Jul 31, 2009

LEXINGTON, Ken. - The American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced that 409 teams
earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2008-09 season, and NAU
was one of 71 Division I teams to earn the honor. The Lumberjacks
achieved a 3.43 cumulative grade-point-average for the year.

The award, which was initiated in the 1992-93 academic year, honors
collegiate and high school volleyball teams that displayed
excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining
at least a 3.30 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

“Each year I'm impressed all over again by the academic
prowess of volleyball players,” said AVCA Executive Director
Kathy DeBoer. “Total AVCA Team Academic Award winners
increased this year by another 55 schools (15%) over last year's
record, and, even more impressive, 22% of our four-year college
teams had grade point averages of 3.2 or better.”

The Lumberjacks recorded a 3.41 GPA during the competition season
in the fall of 2008, and went on to improve their GPA to 3.48 in
the spring of 2009.